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Transgender Day of Remembrance
Nov. 20th, 2007 07:45 amTransgender Day of Remembrance is a day to honor those who were killed because of anti-transgender hatred and prejudice. It began as the Remembering Our Dead project one year after the death of Rita Hester, a transwoman from Boston who was brutally stabbed to death in 1998. Like most cases of anti-transgender murder, Rita's case remains unsolved.
In 2007 alone, eleven people have been murdered or refused necessary medical treatment (which is just as much murder if you ask me) from anti-transgender hatred and prejudice. How many more must die before our society learns to be accepting and our media decides to report the facts and stop ridiculing or demonizing transgenders?
EDIT:
Helen Boyd has an excellent post at (en)Gender for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please visit her site and read up on tips to stay safe if you are transgender and for information "on the friends, family, & partners of trans people who have been the victims of violence."
In 2007 alone, eleven people have been murdered or refused necessary medical treatment (which is just as much murder if you ask me) from anti-transgender hatred and prejudice. How many more must die before our society learns to be accepting and our media decides to report the facts and stop ridiculing or demonizing transgenders?
Helen Boyd has an excellent post at (en)Gender for Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please visit her site and read up on tips to stay safe if you are transgender and for information "on the friends, family, & partners of trans people who have been the victims of violence."
